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Is there really such a bandwagon?


Yes, it apparently has. The largest problem I see in this new trend is portability. Certainly, if you have full control over the environment and require everything to be bleeding-edge you are fine. If not... Well, just have a look at boost source code and you will see how concise nested workarounds in #ifdefs really are.

If your environment is solely your own and you don't care about having your users build something, fine.




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